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Carpet cleaning is highly competitive and lucrative. The
service is required by private individuals, hostels, hotels, guest houses and
drive through inns.

The equipment is basic, durable and moderately priced. To
start the enterprise you need to write a business plan and carry out a
feasibility study. The feasibility study should be focused on customer
demography, competitors and pricing.

Carpet Cleaning Equipment

Carpet cleaning tools are moderately priced and easy to
purchase. You could involve other services such as upholstery cleaning, hard
surface cleaning alongside the carpet cleaning.

Common tools needed for the trade are carpet cleaning
machines such as power heads and carpet extractors. Other tools are tile/grout
cleaning, cleaning chemicals, and portable extractors.

More equipment’s are truck mounts, cleaning startup kits.
Things to consider when choosing a carpet cleaner is water capacity, inline
technology and if it has an adjustable temperature control.

The
location you choose will impact positively or negatively on your enterprise. You
need to take into account zoning formula of certain countries.

Best
locations are areas of high pedestrian and vehicular traffic. You could
establish in a commercial area or close to residential areas.

Permits
and Legalities

Register
the carpet cleaning business as a sole proprietorship or limited liability
company. You need liability insurance and employer tax identification number.
There are strict waste water disposal provisions guiding the enterprise.

Incorporate the
Business

Get liability
insurance

Employer tax
identification number

waste water
disposal provisions

Build
a Website

It
is a good idea building a website for the business. Choose a domain name and
host plan. Make sure the website is search engine optimized and easy to
navigate.

Use
the website to target your customer demography and increase patronage. You can
direct traffic through online advertisement such as Facebook advertisement and
Google Adwords. Other viable resources are free and paid classified
advertisement.